2024 NFO Agenda

New Faculty Orientation 2024

All sessions are held in Copley Formal Lounge unless indicated otherwise

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

8:00-8:30 am              Check-In/Breakfast

8:30-8:40 am              Welcome

                                    Chandan Vaidya, Vice Provost for Faculty

8:40-9:15 am               Georgetown’s Jesuit and Catholic Heritage & Mission

Fr. Mark Bosco, S.J., Vice President, Mission and Ministry

  • This session will introduce the history, values, and commitments that animate Georgetown as a Catholic and Jesuit institution, and offer perspectives on ways that this identity contributes to the mission of research and teaching.

9:20-9:50 am              Welcome by Senior Leadership

Provost Robert Groves and Joseph Ferrara, Vice President and Chief of Staff to President DeGioia

10:00-10:40 am          Academic Leadership Panel I

  • Andrew Sobanet, Interim Dean, Georgetown College Arts & Sciences (CAS)
  • Joel Hellman, Dean, School of Foreign Service (SFS)
  • Paul Almeida, McDonough School of Business (MSB)
  • Maria Cancian, Dean, McCourt School of Public Policy (MSPP)

10:45-11:20 am          Academic Leadership Panel II

  • Alexander Sens, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)
  • Kelly Otter, Dean, School of Continuing Studies (SCS)
  • Peter Marra, Dean, Earth Commons (ECo)
  • Christopher King, Dean, School of Health (SOH)

11:30-12:00 pm          Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Georgetown

Rosemary Kilkenny, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Chief Diversity Officer

12:00-1:15 pm            Lunch

Introductions

  • Classroom technology (CETS) – John Steitz, Associate Director and Kathleen Julien, Senior Classroom Manager and Event Support Lead
  • Ombuds for Faculty – Catherine Langlois
  • Faculty governance – Ed Soule, Chair, Main Campus Executive Committee (MCEF) and Sue Mulroney, President, Faculty Senate

1:30-1:50 pm               Speech and Expression Policy at Georgetown

Adam Adler, Vice President and General Counsel

1:50-3:30 pm              Teaching and Learning at Georgetown

Edward Maloney, Executive Director, CNDLS

Margaret Debelius, Senior Director of Faculty Initiatives, CNDLS

Doireann Renzi, Assistant Director of Faculty Initiatives, CNDLS

3:30-3:40 pm              BREAK

3:45-4:45 pm               Overview of Benefits

Charles DeSantis, Chief Benefits Officer and Associate Vice President for Benefits, Payroll, and Wellness

5:00-6:30 pm              Happy Hour | Drinks, Light Refreshments, Hands-on-Help

  • Benefits – Jessica Ham, Information & Service Specialist
  • CANVAS (Georgetown’s Course Management System) – Peter Janssens, Associate Director of Instructional Resources, CNDLS and Lee Skallerup Bessette, Assistant Director of Digital Learning, CNDLS

Wednesday, August 21, 2023

8:00-8:45 am             Breakfast

9:00-11:00 am            Breakout session for Non-Tenure Line Faculty Framework

Location: White-Gravenor Hall, Room 213

  • Barbara Schone, Teaching Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, MSPP
  • Kirsten Anderson, Teaching Professor, MSB
  • Patrick Johnson, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Physics, CAS

9:00-10:30 am            Breakout session for Tenure Line Faculty: Navigating Rank and Tenure

  • Aviel Roshwald, Professor, Department of History, CAS
  • Robert Patterson, Professor, Department of Black Studies, CAS
  • Anna Johnson, Professor, Department of Psychology, CAS
  • Meg Leta Jones, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, Communication, Culture, and Technology Program, GSAS
  • Marko Klasnja, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor, SFS and Department of Government, CAS

10:30-11:15 am          Breakout session for Tenure Line Faculty: Research at Georgetown

                                    Jeff Urbach, Vice Provost for Research

  • This session will provide an overview of the resources for supporting faculty research, including internal grants and grants administration.

11:20-12:30 pm          Strategic Initiatives

  • Academic Programs: Capital Campus and Summer Institutes
    David Edelstein, Vice Provost for Education
  • Diversity Requirement
    Adam Rothman, Professor and Chair, Department of History
  • Tech and Society
    Lisa Singh, Professor and Chair, Department of Computer Science and Director, Massive Data Institute, MSPP
  • Center for Digital Ethics
    Laura DeNardis, Professor and Endowed Chair in Technology, Ethics, and Society, Director, Center for Digital Ethics, Communication, Culture, and Technology Program, GSAS

12:30-1:30 pm            Lunch

     Introductions

  • Honor Council – Ali Whitmer, Executive Director and Alex Theos, Faculty Chair
  • Ombuds for Students – Daniela Brancaforte

1:30-2:50 pm               Teaching in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Edward Maloney, Executive Director, CNDLS

Molly Chehak, Director of Digital Learning

  • In this session, Georgetown’s Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS) will explore the affordances and challenges presented by generative AI tools such as ChatGPT. We will discuss how students are using AI and explore ways to integrate AI into your teaching, including discussing potential limitations of AI and issues of academic integrity.

2:50-3:00 pm               BREAK

3:00-4:00 pm               Academic and Student Supports

  • Academic Resource Center – Joseph Fisher, Executive Director
  • Student Health and Wellness – Carol Day, Director, Health Education Services
  • Counseling and Psychiatric Services – Durriya Meer, Director and Shanice Anderson, Outreach Coordinator 
  • Library Services – Suzanne Chase, Head, Digital Scholarship and Technology Services and Ryan Johnson, Department Head, Research Services

4:00-5:00 pm               Faculty Group Photo on Healey Hall Steps followed by Campus Tour

5:00 pm                       President’s Reception, Riggs Library, Healy Hall